By Committee on Judicial Ethics | February 5, 2024
A full-time judge may serve on a nominating committee which reviews employment applications for a local Boy Scout Council, and makes recommendations to the Council's board of directors.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | February 4, 2024
Where a judge has only a professional relationship with an attorney, and has no pre-existing relationship with the attorney's non-attorney child, what are the judge's ethical obligations after officiating at and attending the attorney's child's wedding?
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | February 1, 2024
(1) A judge's impartiality cannot reasonably be questioned based on (a) de minimis political contributions made more than two years ago or (b) the business and/or political activities of the judge's first-degree relative, where the relative has no direct or indirect involvement in the proceeding and no interests that could be substantially affected by the proceeding.
By Cedra Mayfield | February 1, 2024
According to the State Bar of Georgia's online member directory, former Georgia Court of Appeals judge Christian Coomer remains "active and in good standing" with the statewide legal licensing and regulatory board.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 31, 2024
A full-time quasi-judicial official may not join a government advisory council that seeks to implement comprehensive domestic violence services to survivors who need assistance addressing child support, unless the council's membership includes representation from all participants in the adjudicative process.
By Charles Toutant | January 31, 2024
After shifting to remote work during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, New Jersey's courts instituted a remote work program for court employees. But the policy does not apply to judicial law clerks or judicial secretaries, the complaint said.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 30, 2024
May a full-time judge ethically purchase and renovate a building at the judge's sole personal expense, and donate it to a not-for-profit religious organization for which the judge is also the head minister?
By Cedra Mayfield | January 30, 2024
After a two-month pause, judicial misconduct proceedings for a Douglas County judge are set to resume at the Fulton County Courthouse.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 29, 2024
A full-time judge may not request a fee waiver to enroll in online diversion courses that the prosecution seeks to require as a condition of a negotiated plea agreement.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 28, 2024
When a judge has reported an attorney to a disciplinary authority, is the judge disqualified from presiding over matters involving the attorney and/or the attorney's law partner?
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